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him towards you. When the water is 

 smooth a smaller fty is required. 



Artificial flies may be had in every 

 variety at the tackle shops, and they are 

 made so naturally, that we should advise 

 those who have not the opportunity of 

 taking a lesson from an experienced hand, 

 to trust to them rather than to any clumsy 

 attempts of their own. For those who 

 wish to make their own flies we give the 

 following instructions, and should recom- 

 mend that they pull to pieces carefully a 

 well-made fly, and imitate it as nearly as 

 possible. 



It will be requisite to have every thing in 

 readiness before commencing ; a hook of 

 the proper size, a feather of the right 

 colour, stripped down on each side, leaving 

 just as much as will do for the wings at 

 the fine end, a piece of fine gut free from 



